RATINGS RECAP: 2/28/16

ABC
7:00 Oscars Opening Ceremony
Viewers: 16.5 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2
8:30 88th Annual Academy Awards
Viewers: 34.4 million, 18-49 demo: 10.5

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Movie: Last Vegas
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 Movie: Ted
Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

FOX
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:30 Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5
9:00 Family Guy (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:30 Bordertown (Repeat)
Viewers: 1,4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5

Sunday night was all about the Oscars, of course. With host Chris Rock and a politically charged night following no white nominees in the acting categories for a second year in a row, the ceremony dropped to its lowest total viewer count since 2008 and its lowest demo ever (or since they started measuring the demo). I think this was less about Rock, who got good reviews, and the controversy and more about a lack of intriguing and popular movies in contention. The rest of the networks basically took the night off with newsmagazines, movies, and repeats.